Bradley proved last night that he's more effective than Gerrard.
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What I'm gonna love is when his father has moved on and he's still the lynchpin of our midfield for the next two World Cups.
He'd have been decent in the Walter Smith days...I'll leave it at that. Only people I'd have from the US side are Tim, Lando, Dempsey and Onyewu, provided he passed a med on his peg.
If we could get him for less than £3M then I would want us to as well as Landon Donovan. Both of them are hard workers which could make the team work harder. Something we missed in the first half of last season. Also with Howard on board as well it would see us have a great promotion in the USA which is the biggest untapped market for football in the world. We could easily change the Man Utd/Chelsea fans into Everton ones if they see 3 International superstars at the club.
He'd have been decent in the Walter Smith days...I'll leave it at that. Only people I'd have from the US side are Tim, Lando, Dempsey and Onyewu, provided he passed a med on his peg.
3 of 4 chances created by England could happen only because Onyewu was easily taken out of the position, he looks good in aearial batlles, but he is tactically inept.Totally agree, I was really impressed with Onyewu looked really good on the night !!!
My gosh - yes, that's what we missed with Arteta and Donovan - hard work. Hard work is the last thing we missed during our misery in first part of the season. We couldn't keep the ball, we didn't have a proper balanced team - it's related to so many things, which actually are not a hard work.If we could get him for less than £3M then I would want us to as well as Landon Donovan. Both of them are hard workers which could make the team work harder. Something we missed in the first half of last season. Also with Howard on board as well it would see us have a great promotion in the USA which is the biggest untapped market for football in the world. We could easily change the Man Utd/Chelsea fans into Everton ones if they see 3 International superstars at the club.
Bradley - to Americans - fits almost too neatly into a stereotype we all know - the hyperaggressive, hyperenthusiastic, psychotically hard working, gym rat, coach's kid. He may not be the most talented player out there, but he will absolutely be the most dedicated to learning, studying the game, working his ass off to push himself to the highest possible potential, live and die for the shirt, give you absolutely everything he has and ask for more.
I know about 4 of these guys, in various sports. Sometimes, his physical gifts won't take him beyond the Sunday pub leagues. In the U.S., in his adulthood, he's probably a coach at the local pay-to-play youth club, a fervent poster on BigSoccer, and has allegiances to clubs in each of the Big 4 leagues.
However, if you couple that approach to life with the physical gifts to play at a high level, you have a man you hate to play against and love to have in your club. Bradley not only has Premiership-level skills as a holding midfielder, he'll play as a hard man. [Poor language removed] with his'n, he'll [Poor language removed] with yours. His temper has gotten away from him a couple times - the Dutch friendly, in particular - but it seems he's gotten that settled down.
That may not be what Everton needs, but I'd rate him Everton-level quality for sure.
I like Bradley, I think he could could come to the Premier League and make a decent career for himself but I don't see what he'd offer this current Everton side. He always comes across as one of those centre mids who is decent at most things but doesn't really contribute majorly in one area. Neat and tidy without being creative and combative without being a true ball winner etc. He's probably a more disciplined version of Tim Cahill.
I think Rook was spot on, a club like Fulham would be more suited to his needs, he'd fit in nicely alongside Murphy and provide some competition for Etuhu. We just need a little more at present, and in Fellaini we've got a player who is a better version of Bradley in a similar age group.